Did Augusta Do It On Purpose for The Masters?
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 14 ต.ค. 2024
- The Masters 2024 at Augusta National has a field that makes it the only Major Major so far. Did they do it on purpose or just get lucky......
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The Majors should get together and have their own World Golf Ranking for the LIV, PGA and Asian tours . It would be the best thing for golf .
the majors are represented on OWGR, the very body thats against LIVs existence
Its the sole purpose and World Golf Ranking responsibility to remain neutral so the best players are competing in the majors. This organization is only hurting and dividing the majors product.
If the Masters creates their own ranking, the USGA and R&A will adopt it within a year, then the PGA shortly thereafter. The board at Augusta National will become the most powerful golf organization on earth if they aren't already
Joaquin winning the Australian open clinched it and to be honest winning the the Australian should be automatic entry into all 4 majors
True
What about Taylor Gooch? I think he is more than deserving to be invited to Augusta!
Thx Patrick. We talk a lot about Gooch in the rest of this show on the podcast. Gooch could help his cause by playing a couple few DP or Asian Tour events. He is right there on the world top 50 over under.
@@ThinkingManShowcertainly didn’t fight to be in Augusta which was disappointing.
@@Gays4Trump shouldn't have to. better than 80% of the golfers going equal to the other 20%
@@ThinkingManShow Why he shouldn't have to the LIV is better than both!
@@ThinkingManShowweird and disappointing comment. The last guy in the top 50 from the pga is more deserving? What did they do to earn it?
Fred Ridley is the smartest guy in golf and he needs to be running the tour. Just say'n.
Just look at today's Leaderboard , Scheffler got beaten by who, then who are the others in the top ten, seriously I do not watch the Pga Tour anymore,The PGa tour boys like it that way so they have more chance of winning a major, you just have to look at the last 8 winners on the tour. Liv has a better field week in week out, 30 of the top 50 in the world playing against each other every tournament they play. OWGR is totally irrelevant now.
the majors are represented on OWGR, the very body thats against LIVs existence
Talor Gooch should be there. He was screwed by the USGA last year who took away his earned exemption. Glad that the Masters invited Niemann under their "international" category, along with 2 others. But if the majors wait much longer to use a different ranking system, a World Tour will emerge and there will be discussions about where the majors fit if they don't have fields that are comparable to the World Tour. They have power now, but it will diminish if they don't pay attention. The Masters often leads the way and they have opened the door a little this year. I expect that they will throw the door open for 2025, which will force the other majors to step up.
Augusta was around way before the PGA. They don't need to kowtow to them, they picked the world's best before owgr, PGA, etc etc etc
Absolutely.
He won the Australian open which qualified him for The open. So they felt he should also play the Masters.
Augusta has always maintained the option of inviting anyone they wanted
6 champs missing at the Masters. Ortiz, Puig, Ancer, Oosthuizen, Gooch and Burmester.
🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡
Houston Open was a race to the bottom. :( They keep saying Scotty is number one in the world. They don’t realize they are disrespecting every golf fan by by doing so.
I know what you mean but Scottie actually has a case for number 1.
you can only be relevant playing on the PGAT. The OWGR has made sure of that
Not for much longer.
The LIV tour is very top heavy, with maybe 10 players that could hang on the real tours. 54 holes? How does that help? And how does a golf fan trust that they’re even trying, since they get Saudi bingo money for everything they do, including that silly team aspect.
My guy, right now Scotty Scheffler is as good as Tiger ever was with his irons. Better at certain things and worse at others but overall his play is that good from 220 yards in. If he could putt like Tiger did he’d have a real shot at a consecutive grand slam rn.
The tv coverage at The Masters will exclude LIV as much as possible. BC will continue his personal vendetta against LIV.
I've said this here before. The chairman decides AND THEY ALL PUT THE JACKET ON AND SMILE. Chairman is the boss. There is very little dialog. And that's smart.
I hope yall touch on why there are a lot of big names competing in the valero this week, when normally this tourney lacks pga superstars.
The masters for the most part has everyone there but Gooch and Oostheisen and Ancer whom coming off a LIv win will also be notable missing as a guy got to number 11 in the owgr and is arguably Mexico’s best.
Oostheisen arguably still South Africa’s best I especially feel bad for him and for us. His swing and Augusta are a truly beautiful combination. That albatross he made on 2 imo is the best golf shot I’ve ever seen..and that’s saying lot.
Paul Casey also is gonna be missed. But it’s harder to make a case for him at the minute.
Thx Oahu. We would have invited Oost, Bermester, Gooch and Ancer.
In fact, there are 20-25 LIV players that are well within the world top 100.
Let’s get to 2 leagues rival play!
I said 2 years ago that the Majors could capitalise on the break up of the tours , but in saying that I don’t agree they have the best field , they need to come up with a better system than OWGR as it’s becoming irrelevant and why would any Major want to be associated with something that cheapens your product
Thx Gibo. How bout each Major just has its own criteria. Simple. Easy.
Great news, Talor Gooch invited to the Masters!
Evidently winning the Auzzie Open doesn’t qualify that winner to the Masters?
It used to
It did. Niemann is in The Masters and the PGA exactly because of his play in addition to LIV especially the AUS Open.
The Masters is not beholden to any of the tours or world ranking numbers. They will invite who ever they want even if they just want to show those who are forcing their hand that they can't be controlled. If you are an elite golfer, and they believe you have what it takes to compete with the best, then no one can prevent them from inviting you. All the other reasons are politics not Golf. Even the OWGR is fast becoming irrelevant because there are players that they have ranked in the top 5, no longer being rank and is still an elite golfer. Had Rharm still been on the PGA, the ranking of everyone else below him moves down one spot and so on.
No doubt the masters can do whatever they want as an invitational.
DJ is a past champion; he's got the lifetime exemption at Augusta.
True.
A lot of people think that's an * win due to COVID and a dart shooting contest in Nov at Augusta. He wasn't even spotlighted putting on the next jacket winner.
The pga and European tours should have combined years ago like the atp in gulf.
Who cares …..best soccer players don’t play in the same league - they get together in the champions league - doesn’t devalue the premier league or the others - fans love both - the manufactured hysteria by the media and others is just that - hysteria - as a golf fan I don’t care if the tours come back together
Our take as well Mark. We have been thinking since the beginning that 2 rival leagues is FAR better for pro golf creating a new, bigger audience with younger fans.
@@ThinkingManShow but keep in mind they can be both : rival leagues and the same players can play on both.
LIv is open to this. We just need the pga tour to get it already.
Majors don’t have the best. OWGR screws it up
Did Meadowlark Lemon ever get invited to the NBA Finals as a player?
Pro golf is a spectator sport right? We watch these guys do things we are in awe of that can rarely do ourselves. I don't care how much they are paid. They should be paid well considering the juice they have. Idea.. have tour pros worldwide rank themselves weekly on a secure server with a weighted adjustment in collaboration with the heads of owgr. Have rankings transparent. To keep them from voting themselves higher.. ie Fowler should not be ranking himself higher than say Garcia. If the heads don't cede to pros ranking themselves then they can choose not to play. Naturally tiger would always rank high, but the pros would police themselves with the transparent nature. Thoughts.. just spit balling
54 holes is the future of golf and capturing golf audience young, and old. Day one is a waste. No one watches, ratings are poor. New golf fans will not indulge in 72 holes. Too many modern distractions. Again, this is not 1998, 1986. Major sponsors of the PGA know this and have fled. More to follow. Adapt or be left behind.
Anyone of a handicap relative to trying to play one of the two opens can go do it.
The LIV dudes should have had their lawyers read the OWGR guidebook for them to let them know that in fact they weren't ever going to get world ranking points because LIV was never trying to conform. It sucks, but it's a moot point. They didn't do their due diligence. It's on them that they're whining. They could keep competing for majors or take a bag of cash. They got what they wanted and what they deserved.
There's no market for team golf in the states. There never will be. Those are just facts. No one watches the Zurich.
Real low effort stuff from you two.
no dude. A series of events with limitations if nyou don't play on just two tours is not a world golf league.
Enough from the peanut brained gallery. 😂😂
So level 2-4 soccer teams should be in the World Cup? Formula 2 teams should be in Formula 1 races? No they should not. Can’t agree with your take John.
There's no market for singles golf in the US. It's dead. And to the point they have to kiss up to the Saudis for money. The LIV is the only entity that is going to keep it afloat in the near future. PGA keeps trying to repeat 1998 and 1968, 1998,1986. PGA just needs to get out of the way. It is what is hindering golf's progress.
Masters is like the cross between the Monaco Grand Prix and the Kentucky Derby
Weak field, one dimensional layout, best branding
As long as it looks good on TV does it really matter
It looks amazing in person as well.
Firstly LEAVE tour is NOT Golf!
Well said.
Why is LIV not golf 1Clean? Having a rival tour to play against would be fun.
I thought LIV players follow the rules of golf so it must be golf?
Was there a secondly coming?